Isaiah 18:1:7Isa.18.1.W7TAB
לְנַֽהֲרֵי־כֽוּשׁ׃
lenaharekush
“to the rivers of Cush”
- Transliteration
- le-na-ha-RE-KUSH
- Extended
- leh-nah-hah-REE-KOOSH
- IPA
- /lə.na.hăˈreː.kuːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the rivers of Cush
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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Word in context
- word
le-na-ha-RE-KUSH
- clause
a-SHER me-E-ver le-na-ha-RE-KUSH
- sentence
HOY E-rets tsil-TSAL ke-na-FA-yim a-SHER me-E-ver le-na-ha-RE-KUSH
Exegesis
The preposition me-ever {מֵעֵבֶר | mēʿēḇer} ‘from beyond’ combines with le-naharei kush {לְנַהֲרֵי־כֽוּשׁ | lə-naḥărê–Kūš} ‘to the rivers of Cush’ to situate the land geographically. This front-loading of construct and prepositional chains emphasizes the distant, foreign setting of the prophetic message.
In context — Isaiah 18:1
Woe to the land of the buzzing of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Cush .
About this coordinate
Isaiah 18:1:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Isaiah 18:1, so the Hebrew word לְנַֽהֲרֵי־כֽוּשׁ׃ (lenaharekush) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Isa.18.1.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.18.1.W7.S1) and character.